the science of heredity and of the mechanisms by which traits are passed from parents to offspring | ||
the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring | ||
a genetically determined variant of a characteristic | ||
the transfer of pollen from the anthers of a plant to the pistil of a plant in angiosperms or the ovule in gymnosperms | ||
describes the allele that is fully expressed when carried by only one of a pair of homologous chromosomes | ||
describes a trait or an allele that is expressed only when two recessive alleles for the same trait are inherited | ||
one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color | ||
the crossing of and individual of unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive individual to determine the unknown genotype | ||
the cross between individuals to monitor two traits | ||
entire genetic makeup of an organism | ||
an organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic that results from its genotype and environment |
Chapter 9 Vocabulary
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